Ireland's Data Protection Commission filed a complaint against the social platform X with the country's High Court alleging nonconsensual use of public posts to train X's artificial intelligence model, Grok, RTE News reports. The DPC claimed X refused agency requests to cease the practice over alleged EU General Data Protection Regulation violations, and asked the High Court to order a suspension of feeding users posts into its AI model.
The Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia agreed with the Information Commissioner's decision to place a restriction on a company's use of GPS tracking on company vehicles.
Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, will host a children's privacy webinar 8 Aug. The ANPD will discuss transparency surrounding children's personal data processing, social media and parental consent.Full story
The growing complexity of cybersecurity regulations in the U.S. is raising stakes for a more harmonized approach to support covered entities and regulators alike. IAPP Staff Writer Lexie White reports on the various considerations around regulatory harmonization explored during a recent R Street Institute webinar featuring the Office of the National Cyber Director.Full story
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Google illegally monopolized online searches, The New York Times reports.
Mayer Brown Partner and Cyber Security and Data Privacy Leader for Global Innovation and Adtech Dominique Shelton Leipzig, AIGP, CIPP/US, was named to Forbes' 50 Over 50 list for Innovation. Leipzig, a member of the IAPP Board of Directors and the IAPP AI Governance Center Advisory Board, specializes in consulting companies on their fiduciary obligations in cybersecurity.Full story
Cybersecurity certification and services organization EC-Council pledged USD15 million to advance U.S. cybersecurity programs for more than 50,000 students through the U.S. Office of the National Cyber Director.
The varying jurisdictional requirements related to data disclosure to law enforcement require a "nuanced approach, balancing legal obligations, ethical considerations, and potential risks to individuals," Rakuten Privacy Counsel Li-Rou Jane Foong, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, writes.
Monetization platform Patreon agreed to pay USD7.25 million to settle its video privacy lawsuit that claimed the company violated the Video Privacy Protection Act, MediaPost reports. The class-action lawsuit was filed after the company allegedly shared users' data with advertisement-targeting tool Meta Pixel without consent. Editor's note: The IAPP's Jedidiah Bracy discussed U.S.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., signed a bill overhauling the penalty structure of the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act, Reuters reports.